An Empire on Trial

Race, Murder, and Justice under British Rule, 1870–1935

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ID19928655
AuthorsMartin J Wiener, Martin Wiener (0000-0001-6006-2594, Rice University, corresponding author)
Year2008
Publication date2008-12-08
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueEmpire on Trial (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511800665
OpenAlexW4241298015
Open LibraryOL16799923M
ISBN9780511800665
LanguageEN
Citations received10

An Empire on Trial is the first book to explore the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height – examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world. It uncovers and analyzes the tensions of empire that underlay British rule and delves into how the problem of maintaining a liberal empire manifested itself in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The work demonstrates the importance of the processes of criminal justice to the history of the empire and the advantage of a trans-territorial approach to understanding the complexities and nuances of its workings. An Empire on Trial is of interest to those concerned with race, empire, or criminal justice, and to historians of modern Britain or of colonial Australia, India, Kenya, or the Caribbean. Political and post-colonial theorists writing on liberalism and empire, or race and empire, will also find this book invaluable

British Empire · Colonialism · Criminology · Empire · Liberalism · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · History · Law · 19th century · 20th century · Administration of Criminal justice · Colonies · Great britain · Nonfiction · race relations · Racism

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